I was discussing this with some people in real life.

IMO its basically our Seinfeld...something overrated but not for its quality but what it represented

When it came on nick at nite that was always my cue to turn the channel
I never laughed...not one time
Name any other black comedy and I bet you it was funnier

And people say...Oh it was the first black show to show people be successful!
I'm trying to find the right way to say this...
Why does successful automatically equal good morally or in quality

It wasn't like they were coonin on good times...making them have more money wouldn't automatically make it a better show

I want a variety of black representation, but how come whenever we do something we have to worry about how were portrayed?

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like, really? You found none of the sketches humorous?

- Theo wanting to move out
- Claire making that long-ass list of shit that bothers her about Cliff
- This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcjS8pcVSQ ?

It wasn't funny at all to me

And even if it was...the other black shows knocked it out of the water

Sanford and son was funny

I was watching Roseanne the other day and was rollin

(I know she ain't black)

That clipbu posted was corny...its like look at this cute thing the baby's doing videos that ppl post up

And suddenly i get the target audience. Its like parent humor.

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I did. I also grew up watching Bill Cosby Himself once we got a VHS player. This was MY SHIT as a kid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tf1K1P2Skw

Comedy's changed since then. A lot of shit now is so crass and vulgar that I can see how younger folks could think of the Cosby Show (and A Different World) as corny.

"comedy is so crass now"

now.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

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www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Not film comedy.

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and even with that stipulation it's a stupid statement.

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Lot of shows weren't vulgar...they were still funny

I ain't giving a show points for being clean

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aka, you might be one of these new negroes. I feel sorry for you, man.

fuck you.

fuck.outta.here

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shit was funny as hell when it was on.

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both it and A Different World are overrated, although I don't think ADW is held in the same in the black community at large as it is with college educated black people who grew up with it. I'm guessing twentysomethings and fiftysomethings don't fuck with it too tough. I loved it in middle-HS, and my mom thought it was awful. She was right.

Good Times is still good
Sanford and Son is good.

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There was the Parliament post and some other shit I can't remember right now

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....you really had to be watching that shit in 85,86...

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YOU HAD TO BE THERE!

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Krush Groove, Breakin, Colors, etc...

those movies were THE SHIT when they came out...

but now? they look mad corny.


You are probably one of those people who hate anything that popular tho...

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There's a difference

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you laughed when it came out, you watched religiously when it came on.

It's over, you lost...

looking back with 20 year old 20/20 hind site isn't impressive. It's fake and lazy.

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SOWHAT?

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and why Black people love it....

run along youngin

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>and why Black people love it....
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>run along youngin

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Shit is trash, #Oscar. Don't know how I ever liked that garbage. The Count counting and shit.

It was educational shit I didn't need help on...with no story line

I liked the stage shows
And the big bird is lost movie

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is a FANTASTIC show. There is good kids programming and bad kids programming. Just because you've aged out of it doesn't mean you can no longer appreciate the quality.

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can't believe you typed that shit in this post...


and I like those toy story movies but FOH.

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Hell, I'm only 3-4 years older than you, but that age gap was enough for me to be into it as a young, young kid. Hell, a lot of our dads really imitated Bill ALL THE TIME, and it was a part of our daily lives, even with me only being a toddler and young kid.

I can actually understand why you think some older AND newer shows are funnier, because they just had a whole different style of comedy. It's similar to music...and I would compare Cosby Show to Thriller more than anything else. Some of us may enjoy albums from James/Prince/Marvin, even early MJ more than Thriller, even though we weren't there for ANY of them. Yet, it's no way to say Thriller isn't good, or even great. And it's no way to take away why it's revered so much.

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To see something that reflected their reality on TV.
And others probably just actually liked it

If you gotta be there during the time to appreciate it...you don't get classic status

Someone mentioned Richard Pryor and I was watching his roast the other day...I finally got him

But the Cosby Show doesn't deserve its acclaim
We can disagree but bill argue that shit till death

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That critiques shit during their time or go against anything the youth puts out

You're a DJ so I don't think you're that far gone
But I was in the barbershop and older niggas said Kendrick was just alright...but couldn't be compared to the then greats

Anytime you have to say you had to be there...it says it all. Because there is plenty of older stuff I like...Cosby show is just trash

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Well, I loved the Cosby Show and A Different World growing up. But I can also appreciate a great lyricist like Kendrick (TPAB gets much play around me). So I hope I just invalidated your argument. Just cuz I'm old, doesn't mean I can't appreciate new ish. And just cuz you are a youngin, doesn't mean you can't appreciate old shit.

With all that said, I respect your opinion, but you are buggin on the Cosby Show. In this regard, you need to understand the dynamics of TV back then. There were black people on TV, but it seemed like they revolved around a white family. The Cosby Show was the first show that showed middle class blacks with dignity. And that's why it was so revered with us.

Too bad Pill came along and fucked it up!

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revisionist history is hilarisad. It was revered because it should have been. Talking about Good Times... so poor black families "I can rock w/ that. That's real!" but well-to-do black families is "Overrated... doesn't hold up." stop.

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>revisionist history is hilarisad. It was revered because it
>should have been. Talking about Good Times... so poor black
>families "I can rock w/ that. That's real!" but well-to-do
>black families is "Overrated... doesn't hold up." stop.
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You lack reading comprehension.
I mentioned Good Times because it was a better show...not because I rocked with it

Part of the reason the Cosby show gets its acclaim is because of what it represented.

I'm not going to like a show because of what lifestyle it represents. I care about the content

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We don't agree. That is all.

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It's clear most of us disagree w/this. As expected.

fuck you.

lol

Lot of jokes and set-ups and situations where you'd get a smile out of it, and then when a big laugh came it was big. But it was definetly a family show and not a "sitcom."

I think the show to comapre it to is Family Ties. For my money Family Ties (well until they had the rapidly aged up kid in Season 5) was FUNNIER - but both were enjoyable.

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The Cosby Show and A different World are the weakest NBC Thursday night sitcoms of their era. Family Ties, Cheers and Night Court are better.

But the thing i hated about Cosby was everyone was so perfect


Its like a child's idea of family life
Before they see all the shit they weren't exposed to

And I'm not talking about being 'clean'

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Vanessa married a dude her parents hated and they were struggling. Not everything has to be gritty.

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Sandra was always fighting with Elvin

Denise was a rebel

Theo was dumb and later found out he had dyslexia.

Vanessa was all types a trouble once she hit puberty

Rudy was pretty rude once she aged out of her cute phase.

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were the well to do kids that only a few could relate to

hell Arnold and Willis were realer then them lol

we just enjoyed it because it was new and black and cute for a minute

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It was like the whole family was corny

And it didn't have nothing to do with well to do
Carlton was the GOAT and corny...cuz he was funny

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than your sister makin you a Gordon Gartrail or marryin a nigga named Dabness

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who tried to jump her because she was rich.

my point is it's obvious kids in a home with a Doctor and a Lawyer wouldn't have poor people problems.

but they still touched on the problems kids in their environment would have in the 80's.

I think it's fucked up to think the only time shit is real is if we are living in the PJ's or don't have parents.






and your daughter coming home married to a nigga after a semester of college is a problem.

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They even started an epsiode with Will Smith watching the Cosby Show and saying

" the Cosby Show added a poor cousin from the hood...

*stares at camera*

"I wonder where they got that idea from"

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The season they introduced Cousin Pam was the season The Fresh Prince premiered. They added Cousin Pam before a single ep of the Fresh Prince ever aired.

>The season they introduced Cousin Pam was the season The
>Fresh Prince premiered. They added Cousin Pam before a single
>ep of the Fresh Prince ever aired.

#actually...5 eps of FP aired before CP was introduced on TCS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Cosby_Show_episodes#Season_7_.281990.E2.80.9391.29

CP was introduced in an ep that aired on Oct 11, 1990.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Fresh_Prince_of_Bel-Air_episodes#Season_1_.281990.E2.80.9391.29

FP premiered on Sept 10, 1990.

*winces*

fuck you.

I the 4 weeks after the Fresh Prince premiered? If not, Cousin Pam exists before the Fresh Prince aired.

"whoa..Bill Cosby has a streetwise neice coming on his show, that should be decent"


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I think they knew FPOBA was in development and read the writing on the wall. Pam was added bc the show's ratings had dipped - they were trying to keep teens and young adults (us, basically) watching the show.

fuck you.